Kayasa of Harvest in Omarakana, 1918
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 13: Texts, manuscripts) (London, England) (27 June 1918) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- Date: 27.6.18. Place: Omarakana (Kiriwina). Informant: Towese'i. Two handwritten pages contain a passage in the Trobriand language with simultaneous English translation, numbered J262, giving an account of the 'Kayasa,' a competitive display of harvest food, in the village of Omarakana in 1918.
- Field of Interest
- Anthropology
- Copyright Message
- Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 2
- Subject
- Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Linguistic anthropology, Contests and competitions, Social status, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística, Kiriwina Island, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islanders
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística